07-11-2019, 09:42 AM
(07-10-2019, 09:31 PM).RJ Wrote: CARBAMAPHOOOOOONE
I honestly think they're black magic. I don't understand how they work, I don't think anyone actually REALLY understands, some wizards in a volcano at Holley do their incantations on a chunk of aluminum and then BAM: Carburettor.
I mean, we all understand fuel injection right? Each cylinder has a squirter, a computer tells the squirter how much to squirt and when. DONE. Easy.
But a carb...jets and precision machined channels and 18th century swiss mathematicians all conspire with air to whisper to a puddle of fuel "Yeah baby of course I love you of course I'll respect you in the morning" and then they bang.
I mean, ultimately, I should have been pissed but this is what projects are all about right? Learning how not to fuck up a $700 piece of carefully cast aluminum so your car makes brum brum noises again. Much like everything else in our society now, you don't actually have to understand how it works to MAKE it work, right?
I guess we'll find out.
Anyway, here's the culprit:
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442